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The ‘Smart Cities Guide for Built Environment Consultants’ is the result of a collaboration between Consult Australia, the Smart Cities Council (ANZ) and their respective members. It defines and sets out the functions of a smart city and includes a checklist for collaboration across the sector.

In a ground-breaking innovation, IIT Kharagpur has developed a fog algorithm that aims to cut delays and cancellations of flights and trains, by clearing hazy visuals caused by rain, fog or smog, all in real time!

How much do you really know about how your city is functioning? While we collect more data than ever, a lot of it is in private hands. Find out how a public-private partnership could help Sydney grow smarter.

Smart Cities Council (SCC) along with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) organized a round table in New Delhi to discuss the role of surveillance for a safe and secure India. The event also witnessed the launch of the report on “Role of Surveillance in Securing Cities” in the presence of senior government representatives, Mr. G. K. Pillai Chairman, Data Security Council of India & Former Home Secretary and Prof Santosh Kumar, Executive Director, National Institute of Disaster Management, Ministry of Home Affairs. The report has been supported by Western Digital, a developer and manufacturer of data storage solutions.

This information paper outlines SCCANZ's position on connected and autonomous vehicles, and summarises the elements of the CAV-CDI, which will be a focus on the systematic exploration of the secondary effects of CAV on city development, form and design, and the opportunities to enhance sustainability, resiliency, equity, and liveability.

The ‘Smart Cities Guide for Built Environment Consultants’ is an important resource for built environment consultants of all disciplines, providing support in helping you work with clients committed to advancing smart cities.

The Digital Built Australia policy primer outlines a suite of policy recommendations for building greater productivity within the construction sector and accelerating the reduction of built environment related greenhouse gas emissions through the greater adoption of technology and data solutions

This paper has been produced by SCCANZ to catalyse discussion and action around a smart state agenda for Australia. It presents a range of concepts and recommendations on how government and industry can use the City Deals process to accelerate the smart cities movement.

The purpose of this guidance note is to provide an overview of the ecosystem of smart cities standards available globally, the benefits of their use and a structured list of some key standards and frameworks.

In this video from SXSW 2017, Diane Bryant shares Intel’s vision for unleashing artificial intelligence as well as a perspective on how to accelerate the delivery of AI for social good, for instance, to support inclusion and human rights expansion.